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This book discusses adaptive sampling designs which are used in surveys where data collection requires modification as a result of observations made during the process. The strategies detailed in the book offer solutions to the long-standing problem of estimating the abundance of rare, clustered populations.

Table of Contents
Fixed-Population Sampling Theory.

Stochastic Population Sampling Theory.

Adaptive Cluster Sampling.

Efficiency and Sample Size Issues.

Adaptive Cluster Sampling Based on Order Statistics.

Adaptive Allocation in Stratified Sampling.

Multivariate Aspects of Adaptive Sampling.

Detectability in Adaptive Sampling.

Optimal Sampling Strategies.

References.

Index.

Adaptive Sampling

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    A Hardback by Steven K. Thompson, George A. F. Seber

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 4 July 1996
      ISBN-13 9780471558712
      978-0471558712
      ISBN-10 0471558710
      Also in:
      Mathematics Probability and statistics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book discusses adaptive sampling designs which are used in surveys where data collection requires modification as a result of observations made during the process. The strategies detailed in the book offer solutions to the long-standing problem of estimating the abundance of rare, clustered populations.

      Table of Contents
      Fixed-Population Sampling Theory.

      Stochastic Population Sampling Theory.

      Adaptive Cluster Sampling.

      Efficiency and Sample Size Issues.

      Adaptive Cluster Sampling Based on Order Statistics.

      Adaptive Allocation in Stratified Sampling.

      Multivariate Aspects of Adaptive Sampling.

      Detectability in Adaptive Sampling.

      Optimal Sampling Strategies.

      References.

      Index.

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